Fuel for Thought: American Airlines and easyJet's Diverging Fortunes The aviation industry is no stranger to turbulence, but when it comes to navigating the current fuel price storm, two major airlines are charting remarkably different courses.
American Airlines Group Inc. has emerged from its latest earnings with a newfound sense of pricing power, while easyJet plc struggles to stay aloft in the face of rising costs.
At first glance, both airlines appear to be facing the same challenge: sharply higher fuel costs. Yet their responses – and the implications thereof – are worlds apart.